Four yearago I was living life large and everything was going  great.  Then I was dianosed with with CML luekemia and thngs just started falling apart, one after another.  I have always been a God fearing man and have relied on my Father in Heaven for strength and guidance believing that all things will work out according to his plan.  However, my faith has been more than tested, especially the past year and a half.  In the bible, Book Of Job, tells of a man thathad the world and lost it all while being tested but regained everything, plus more, due to his obedience .  Many people have compared me to Job because of everything  that I have endured the past four years, even though there are those who have it worse, I am not Job or the Savior.  My oncologist has even stated that she has never had a patient who has had so many things go wrong after a bone marrow transplant.  I had my transplant on May 17th, 2015, and soon after developed a disease known as GVHD, Graft Versus Host Disease.  If you look it up you will see how serious thise is.  Just to name a few things that I am fighting is nueropathy in my feet, excruciating mouth and throat sores, overly fragile skin that tears off by just simply sliding my arms through a shirt sleeve, bone pain, and loss of sight.  I have developed a condition known as "Dry Eye" which has taken away 50% of my sight.  The USC Eye Institute can give me back my sight fully but I need a down payment of $1,100 in order to have them start fitting me for special eye lenses.  The other serious issue I face is a gum disease which is causing my gums to weaken which is resulting in my eventually losing all my teet according to the UCLA Dental program.  The cost of replacing all my teeth will be about $1,000 a tooth or bridge.  So far, I have lost three teeth the past month.
I don't know how else to try and put my smile back and get my sight back other than beg and plead.  I ask of you to find it in your heart to donate to a cause that is serious and genoine.  I so desperately need your help.  I am a father of five and wish to be around for them, especially my two youngest of twenty-three and fifteen.  I hope the spirit of our Lord and Savior will come upon you to help me.

Thank you kindly,
Ted May, a working cowboy